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Pine needles have a shape which makes them less vulnerable to the cold than the flat leaves of the maple tree or other trees of that type. That is their ecological niche, to keep their leaves and continue to perform photosynthesis all year long.

Pine trees do shed their needles regularly, though - just walk past a pine tree and check out the ground beneath.

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